George Francis Atkinson

George Francis Atkinson (Raisinville, 26 de enero de 1854-Tacoma, 14 de noviembre de 1918) fue un botánico, algólogo, micólogo, entomólogo, ornitólogo, aracnólogo, fotógrafo y escritor estadounidense.

Era originario de Raisinville, Michigan. Hijo de Joseph Atkinson y Josephine Fish. Estudió en Olivet College desde 1878 a 1883 y en 1885 obtuvo su B.Sc por la Cornell University. Fue conocido por sus contribuciones a los campos de la micología y la botánica.

Carrera De 1885 a 1886, fue profesor asistente de entomología y zoólogía, y asociado entre 1886 a 1888 en la Universidad de Carolina del norte. De 1888 a 1889, fue profesor de botánica y zoología en la Universidad de Carolina del Sur, y botánico en la Estación Experimental de la Universidad. De 1889 a 1892 enseñó biología en el Colegio de Agricultura y Mecánica de Alabama; desde 1892 a 1893 profesor asistente de criptogámicas en la Cornell University, y luego asociado (1893-1896), y desde 1896, Jefe del Departamento de Botánica.

Su herbario de especímenes de hongos se guarda en la Cornell Plant Pathology Herbarium (CUP).

Honores 1905 a 1907: primer Presidente de Sociedad Botánica de América Primavera de 1918: electo en la National Academy of Sciences

Taxones eponímicos

Bibliografía 1886 Descriptions of some new trapdoor spiders; their nests and food habits. Ent. Amer. 2, pp.109-117, pp.128-137 The Cigarette Beetle (Lasioderma serricorne Fab.) J. Elisha Mitchell Soc., 3:68-73 Notes on the orchard Scolytus (Scolytus rugulosus Ratz.) J. Elisha Mitchell Soc. 3:74, 75 1887 A New Trap-Door Spider. Am. Nat., 22:583-594, pls. 23, 24, 1886; reimpreso en J. Elisha Mitchell Soc. 4:16-26, pls. 23, 24 A Family of Young Trap-Door Spiders. Entom. Am. 2:86-92, pl.4, 1886; reimpreso en J. Elisha Mitchell Soc. 4:26-33, pl. 4 Descriptions of Some New Trap-Door Spiders, Their Nests and Food Habits. Entom. Amer. 2:109-137, pl. 5, 1886; reimpreso en J. Elisha Mitchell Soc., 4:33-52, y una plancha A Sketch and Biography of Nicholas Marcellus Hentz. J. Elisha Mitchell Soc., 4:13-15 Singular Adaptation in Nest-making by an Ant, Cremastogaster lineolata Say. Am. Nat. 23:770, 771, pl. 26; reimpreso en J. Elisha Mitchell Soc., 4:88, 89, y una plancha Observations on the Female Form of Phengodes laticollis Horn. Am. Nat. 23:853-856, 1 text fig.; reprinted in J. Elisha Mitchell Soc., 4:92-95, y una plancha A Remarkable Case of Phosphorescence in an Earthworm. Am. Nat. 23:773-774; reprinted in J. Elisha Mitchell Soc., 4:89-91, con una nota adicional sobre la fosforescencia de lombrices de tierra Preliminary Catalogue of the Birds of North Carolina, with notes on some of the species. J. Elisha Mitchell Soc. 4:44-87 1888 New Instances of Protective Resemblance in Spiders. J. Elisha Mitchell Soc. 5:28-30 Note on the Tube-inhabiting Spider, Lycosa fatifera Hentz. J. Elisha Mitchell Soc. 5:30, 31 Soaring of the Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura). J. Elisha Mitchell Soc. 5:59-66 1889 Preliminary Note on the Synonymy of Entothrix grande Wolle. Bot. Gaz., 14:292 Club Root of Cabbage. Ala. Agr. Exp. sta. Bull. 9 (Sci. Contr. 1) Club Root of Cabbage. S. C. Agr. Exp. Sta. Bull. 4:42 1890 A Preliminary Report upon the Life History and Metamorphoses of a Root-Gall Nematode, heterodera radicicola (Greeff) Muell., and the Injuries Caused by It upon the Roots of Various Plants. Ala. Agr. Exp. Sta. Bull. 9 (Sci. Contr. 1: 177-226, pls. 1-6) reimpreso en J. Elisha Mitchell Soc. 6:81-130, pls. 1-6 Monograph of the Lemaneaceae of the U. S. Ann. bot., 4:177-229, pls. 7-9 Club Root of Cabbage. Am. Gard., 11:237 A New Root-Rot Disease of Cotton. Ala. Agr. Exp. Sta. Bull. n. ser. 21:3-11 Dry Application of Paris Green and London Purple for the Cotton Worm. Ala. Agr. Exp. Sta. Bull. 17:121-133. A New Ramularia on Cotton. Bot. Gaz., 15:166-168, figs.1-4. 1891 Fig Rust. Agr. J. Montgomery, Ala. pp.1-3. Some Erysipheae from Carolina and Alabama. J. Elisha Mitchell Soc., 7:61-74, 1 plancha y dos cortes de madera Fig Rust. Agr. J. Extras, pp.1-3. Black Rust of Cotton, a Preliminary Note. Bot. Gaz., 16:61-65. Anthracnose of Cotton. J. Mycol., 6:173-178, pls.17, 18. Black Rust of Cotton. Ala. Agr. Exp. Sta. Bull., 27:3-16, pls.1, 2. Sphaerella gossypina, n. sp., the Perfect Stage of Cercospora gossypina Cooke. bull. Torrey Bot. Club, 18:300, 301, pl. 122 On the Structure and Dimorphism of Hypocrea tuberiformis. Bot. Gaz., 16:281-284, pl. 25 A New Ravenelia from Alabama. Bot Gaz. 16:313, 314 1892 Botany at Experiment Stations. Science, n.s., 20: 328-330 Some Cercosporae from Alabama. J. Elisha Mitchell Soc., 8:33-67 The Genus Frankia in the United States. Bull. Torrey Bot. Club, 19:171-177, pl. 128 Some Diseases of Cotton. Ala. Agr. Exp. Sta. Bull., 41:1-65, figs. 1-25 Cryptogamic Botany and Plant Pathology. N.Y. Agr. Exp. Sta. (Cornell) Bull., 49:306-316, pl. 1 & 5 text figs. A New Anthracnose of the Privet. N.Y. Agr. Exp. Sta. (Cornell) Bull. 49:306-314 Note on the Cercospora of Celery Blight. N.Y. Agr. Exp. Sta. (Cornell) Bull. 49:314-316 Some Leaf blights of Cotton: Yellow Leaf Blight. Red Leaf Blight. Ala. Agr. Exp. Sta. Bull. 36:1-32 On the Structure and Dimorphism of Hypocrea tuberiformis. Proc. Am. Assoc. Adv. Sci. 40:320 An Automatic Device for Rolling culture Tubes of Nutrient Agar-Agar. Bot. Gaz. 17:154-156, pl. 11 1893 Method of Obtaining Pure Cultures of Pammel's Fungus of Texas Root Rot of cotton. Bot. Gaz. 18:17-20 Carnation Diseases. Am. Florist, 8:720-728, figs. 1-33 On the Fungus of Celery Blight. Am. Mo. Micr. J., 14:115, con figura A Study of New Fungus. Am. Mo. Micr. J., 14:121-126, 1 pl. 4 cortes de madera Contribution to the Biology of the Organism Causing Leguminous Tubercles. Bot. Gaz., 18:157-166, 226-237, 257-266, pls. 12-15 A New Disease of the Apple. Agr. Sci., 7:348-350, & Proc. Soc. Prom. Agr. Sci. 14º encuentros Dropsical Diseases of Plants. Science, n. s., 22:323-324 Oedema of Apple Trees. N.Y. Agr. Exp. Sta. (Cornell) Bull. 61:292-302 Oedema of the Tomato. N.Y. Agr. Exp. Sta. (Cornell) Bull. 53:77-108, pls. 1-8 Unequal Segmentation and Its Significance in the Primary Division of the Embryo of Ferns. Bull. Torrey Bot. Club, 20:405-408 Symbiosis in the Roots of the Ophioglossaceae. Bull. Torrey Bot. Club, 20:356 Cryptogamic Botany and Plant Pathology. N. Y. Agr. Exp. Sta. (Cornell) Bull. 61:299-306, figs. 1-4 The Extent of the Annulus and the Function of the Different Parts of the Sporangium of Ferns in the Dispersion of Spores. Bull. Torrey Bot. Club, 20:435-437 Some Fungi of Blowing Roc, N. C. With H. von Schrenck. J. Elisha Mitchell Soc., 9:95-107 Additional Note on Fungi of Blowing Rock, N. C. J. Elisha Mitchell Soc. 10:78 1894 Frost Freaks of Herbaceous Plants. Bot. Gaz., 19:40-42 Germination of Cerebella Paspali. Bull. Torrey Bot. Club, 21:127 The Biology of Ferns. Pp. 1-134. New York A Study of New Fungus. Am. Mo. Micr. J., 14:121-126 Germination of the Spores of Cerebella Paspali. Bull. Torrey Bot. Club, 21:127, 128, pl. 183 Artificial Cultures of an Entomogenous Fungus. Bot. Gaz., 19:129-135, pls. 14-16 Steps Toward a Revision of the Linosporus Species of North American Graminicolous Hypocreaceae. Bull. Torrey Bot. Club, 21:222-225 Olpitrichum, a New Genus of Mucedinous Fungi. Bot. Gaz., 19:244, 245, pl. 23 Leaf Curl and Plum Pockets: Contribution to the Knowledge of the Prunicolous Exoasceae of the United States. N. Y. Agr. Exp. Sta. (Cornell) Bull., 73:319-351, pls. 1-20 Preliminary Note on the Swarm Spores of Pythium and Ceratiomyxa. Bot. Gaz. 19:375-378 Completoria complens Lohde. Bot. Gaz., 19:467, 468 Notes on Some Exoasceae of the United States. Bull. Torrey Bot. Club, 21:372-380 The Exoascaceae of Stone Fruits. Gard. & For., 7:463, 464 Microsphaera densissima (Schwein) Peck. Bull. Torrey Bot. Club, 21:528, 529 Intelligence Manifested by the Swarm-Spores of rhizophidium globosum (A.Br.) Schroeter. Bot. Gaz., 19:503, 504 Additions to the Erysipheae of Alabama. J. Elisha Mitchell Soc. 10:74-76 Some Septoriae from Alabama. J. Elisha Mitchell Soc. 10:76-78 1895 Damping Off. N. Y. Agr. Exp. Sta. (Cornell) Bull., 94:233-272, pls. 1-6, & one text figure Some Observations on the Development of Colletotrichum lindemuthianum in Artificial Cultures. Bot. Gaz., 20:305-311, pl. 22 The Transformation of Sporophyllary to Vegetative Organs. Woods hole Biol. Lec. On the Swarm-Spores of Pythium and Ceratiomyxa. Proc. Am. Assoc. Adv. Sci. 290, 291 The Organisms Which Collect Nitrogen for Leguminous Plants. S. Agr. 15 de dic. 15, p. 12 1896 Some Tendencies and Problems in the Evolution of Species among Parasitic Fungi. Trans. Mass. Hort. Soc. 94-118 Albert N. Prentiss. Bot. Gaz., 21:283-289, pl. 19 Albert N. Prentiss. Cornell Mag. 9:19-28 The Probable Influence of Disturbed Nutrition on the Evolution of the Vegetative Phase of the Sporophyte. Am. Nat., 30:349-357 1897 The Preparation of Material for General Class Use. Bot. Gaz., 23:372-376 Experimental Morphology. Proc. Am. Assoc., Adv. Sci. 46:3-23 Nectria on Currant Canes. Gard. & For., 10:34 Leaf-Spot of Pear. Gard. & For., 10:73, 74 Some Fungi from Alabama Collected Chiefly during the Years 1889-1892. Bull. cornell Univ. (Sci.), 3:1-50 Studies and Illustrations of Mushroom, I. N. Y. Agr. Exp. Sta. (Cornell) Bull., 138:337-366, figs. 87-112 Review of Karl Freiherr von Tubuf. Diseases of Plants induced by Cryptogamic Parasites. (Ed. inglesa de William G. Smith. Longmans, Green & Co. London, New York, Bombay, 1897.) Science n. s. 5:696-699 1898 Method of Teaching Botany in the Secondary Schools. Asa Gray Bull. 6:102-106 A Provisional Key to the Genera of Hymenomycetes (Mushrooms, Toadstools, etc.). With Bertha Stoneman. Pp. 1-16. Ithaca, N. Y. Mushrooms. For. & Stream, 50:483-486 Review of Roland Thaxter. Contribution towards a Monograph of the Laboulbeniaceae (Mem. Am. Acad., n. s., 12:189-429, 26 planchas, 1896), Science, n. s., 7:752, 753 Elementary Botany. New York Report upon Some Preliminary Experiments with the Roentgen Rays on Plants. Science, n. s. 7:7-13, pl. 1 Studies on Some Mycelium and Fungi from a Coal Mine. Bot. Gaz. 25:107 1899 Studies and Illustrations of Mushrooms, 11. N. Y. Agr. Exp. Sta. (Cornell) Bull., 168:491-516, figs. 83-97 Studies on reduction in Plants. Bot. Gaz., 28:1-26, pls. 1-6 1900 Some Wood-Destroying Fungi. Spec. Rep. Geol. Surv. La., No. 9 (September 1899), 331-338, pls.56-62. Stink Horn Fungi. The Young Idea, 13:3. Lessons in Botany. Nueva York. 1901 Studies of American Fungi. Mushrooms, Edible, Poisonous, etc. (Ithaca, New York, Andrus & Church), pp.1-275, 223figs. in text. 76 pls. 4 color, 1900; 2.ªed., pp.1-322. Studies of Some Shade Tree and Timber-Destroying Fungi. N. Y. Agr. exp. Sta. (Cornell) Bull. 193:199-235, figs.56-94. President's Address to the Cornell Chapter of the Sigma Xi, 8 de junio de 1901. Impreso por the Chapter On the Homologies and Probable Origin of the Embryo-Sac. Science, n. s. 13:530-538 Tree-Destroying Fungi (Polyporus). Am. Gard. 22:267, 268 1902 Frost Blisters, a Peculiar Injury to Fruit Trees—Apple, Pear, and Peach Affected. Am. Gard., 23 Studies of Some Tree-Destroying Fungi. Trans. Mass. Hort. Soc., for the year 1901, pp. 109-130 Three New Genera of the Higher Fungi. Bot. Gaz. 34:36-42, figs. 1-3 Preliminary Note on Two New Genera of Basidiomycetes. J. Mycol. 8:106, 107 Preliminary Notes on Some New Species of Fungi. J. Mycol. 8:110-119 1903 A New Species of Calostoma. J. Mycol., 9:14-17 A New Species of Geaster. Bot. Gaz. 36:303-306, figs. 1, 2 The Genus Harpochytrium in the United States. Ann. Mycol. 1:479-502 Geaster leptospermus: a Correction. Bot. Gaz. 36:467 1904 Note on the Genus Harpochytrium. J. Mycol., 10:3-8, pl. 72 & text figs. Anthracnose of the Grape. N. Y. Agr. Exp. Sta. (Cornell) Press Bull. 1